ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) held national drug takeback events in honor of National Prescription Drug Takeback Day.
One of the events was held at the Tanger Outlets in Asheville and was hosted by the DEA, the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and other public safety partners.
LOCAL HOSPITALS TEAM UP WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR ‘CRUSH THE CRISIS’ DRUG TAKE-BACK EVENT
The event is a chance to clean out any unused, unwanted or expired prescription medications in households.
“The majority of people who start misusing prescription medications they get it from in the home so we want to kind of prevent that first contact by encouraging people to get rid of old stuff that they have laying around and we also have supplies over here to lock stuff up in the home too and also we just don’t want things kind of being thrown away in the trashcan that need to be thrown away properly or thrown down the toilet,” said Brianna Plumber, prevention specialist at R.J. Prevention resources.
MISSION HOSPITALS AND POLICE JOIN FORCES FOR SAFE DRUG DISPOSAL EVENT
Improper disposal of prescription medications can also impact the environment.
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For more information on places to take unused medications, visit here.